Is "Baller" Trademarked Yet?

This post is a part of WNBA Week+.  During this stretch, I will release several blog posts related to the WNBA, including news stories, player discussions, and teams’ seasons.   Due to timing and how many other things have gone on in basketball, I have not written anywhere near enough about the WNBA.   There have been a lot of good things that have happened this year, including the games themselves, a fun All-Star Weekend (the game was what it was due to injuries, but the events and selections were awesome), an interesting CBA negotiations (as a brief clarification, the issue comes down to the revenue sharing, as the most recent CBA had the players getting 9% of revenue, which is tiny even compared to UFC, which has a reputation for not paying their athletes), and an exciting playoff race, especially starting with the two-seed.   That said, there are also several negative aspects, most notably the injuries, continued sexist rhetoric, and the league’s continued po...

This post is a part of WNBA Week+.  During this stretch, I will release several blog posts related to the WNBA, including news stories, player discussions, and teams’ seasons.   The WNBA Trade Deadline is usually a quiet event for a number of reasons, the biggest one being that the salary cap is a hard cap (unlike that of the NBA), which limits the number of teams that have enough cap space to make a trade.   Historically, very few teams make moves that include players who are in rotations (in fact, last season was an oddity when a player as notable as Marina Mabrey was traded at the deadline).   This year, there were 3 trade deadline moves, each of them are notable and include a player going to each team who will be in the rotation.   I gave my grades for each of these trades, ordered by how notable each trade.   Brittney Sykes Seattle receives :   Brittney Sykes Washington receives :   Alysha Clark, Zia Cooke, 2026 1 st round pick (...